Designing successful projects
Description
There are many factors that contribute to successful projects. Whether we’re working on websites, mobile apps, SAAS, or desktop software, sometimes we’re asked to work on products and services without a clear understanding of the problem the business is trying to solve and who the target customers are. Whether you are in a startup or a mature business, it’s important to have these fundamentals in place so that you don’t invest time and money on solving the wrong problem.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to set up your project for success using a repeatable process. You will learn to:
- develop a deep understanding of the problem you are solving
- get early feedback on potential solutions to ensure that you are moving in the right direction
- choose the right members for your project team
- create a well-defined plan for the project
The workshop will help you if you’re working with any of these project issues:
- Undefined and misguided project stories and goals
- Broken understanding of how customer research fits into a project
- Project findings that get lost or forgotten
- Broken communication between project team members
- Lack of design leadership
What you’ll learn
You will learn:
- The critical questions you need to ask at the start and throughout the project to stay focused on the core value of your offering
- How to set up a project room to keep your team members connected to the project goals and key problems to be solved
- How to interview both business stakeholders and customers to help define the solution
Target audience
Anyone who needs to set up a successful project, help someone else do that, or help get a project back on track.
Take-aways
A one-pager with a list of project artefacts.
